Caps Gaming Showcase Official Rules
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CAPS GAMING SHOWCASE OFFICIAL RULES 1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR QUALIFY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The Caps Gaming Showcase (the “Tournament”) is sponsored by Caps Gaming presented by Leidos, a brand of Lincoln Holdings LLC d/b/a Monumental Sports & Entertainment (“Caps Gaming”) and administered jointly with Leaguegaming Systems Inc. (“LeagueGaming”) (together, “Administrator”). 2. Tournament is only offered in the following regions (each, a “Region”): United States and District of Columbia (the “US Region”) and Canada (including Quebec) (the “Canada Region”) (the "Tournament Area"). Void outside the Tournament Area and where prohibited. 3. Tournament is subject to all federal, state, provincial and local laws. Administrator shall be entitled to interpret these Official Rules as needed — including but not limited to rules regarding Registrations (defined), registration or other deadlines, selection of Semifinalist Teams (below), Finalist Teams (below) or Winning Teams (below), prize restrictions, and eligibility — and all its decisions are final and binding in all Tournament- related matters. By participating, you irrevocably, fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Administrator and waive any right to claim ambiguity in these Official Rules or any other Tournament-related advertising or materials. LeagueGaming’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Tournament. 4. Tax Documents: If required, each prize recipient will be issued an IRS Form 1099- MISC (or its equivalent) reflecting the approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the prize received, and he or she will be solely and exclusively responsible for all state, federal or local income taxes that may result from his or her acceptance of the prize. GENERAL 5. Tournament will consist of four (4) stages (each a “Stage”), described in greater detail in the sections below. All times in these Official Rules refer to Eastern Standard Time (“EST”). Specific competition start and end times will be posted on the Tournament Page (below). Generally, a. Stage I: Registration Period: Registration begins on November 18, 2020. Registration closes on December 4, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST or when two hundred fifty-five (255) teams (each, a “Team”) have submitted complete registrations (each, a “Registration”), whichever occurs first (the “Registration Period”). Each Team will be comprised of six (6) members (“Team Members”) and, optionally, up to two (2) substitute members (each, a “Substitute Member”). (Only six (6) Team Members per any Team can receive prizes). You may only participate as a Team Member once during the Tournament. See “Stage I: Registration Period” Section for more Registration details. b. Stage II: Qualifying Rounds: Registered Teams will compete in the Qualifying Rounds from December 5, 2020 until January 31, 2021. All Qualifying Rounds will be Swiss format matches (each a “Match”) in best-of-three (“BO3”) game (“Game”) Match format to determine the top sixteen (16) Teams (or thirty-two (32) or sixty-four (64) Teams in the case of Expanded Registration Options as described below) (the “Qualifying Teams”), who will be eligible to participate in the single-elimination knock-out tournament (“Knock-out Tournament”). See “Qualifying Rounds” Section for more details. c. Stage III: Knock-out Tournament Preliminary Rounds: Beginning on February 6, 2021, the Qualifying Teams will compete in the Knock-out Tournament Preliminary Rounds, which will be structured in a single-elimination BO3 Game format, to determine the four (4) Qualifying Teams who will proceed to the Semifinal Round (below) as the Semifinalist Teams (“Semifinalist Teams”). Seeding of the initial bracket in the Knock-out Tournament will be based on the Qualifying Teams’ respective win/loss records at the close of the Qualifying Rounds. See “Knock-out Tournament Preliminary Rounds” Section for more details. a. Stage IV: Knock-out Tournament Semifinal and Final Rounds: i. Knock-out Tournament Semifinal Round: Depending on the number of Registrations received (see “Expanded Registration Options” below), the Semifinalist Teams will compete in the Semifinal Round on the weekend of February 20, 2021 or the weekend of February 27, 2021. The winning Semifinalist Teams will progress to the Final Round as the Finalist Teams (“Finalist Teams”). ii. Knock-out Tournament Final Round: The Finalist Teams will compete in the Final Round on the weekend of March 6, 2021 to determine the “First Place Team” and “Second Place Team”. iii. Both the Semifinal and Final Rounds will be single-elimination, best-of- five (“BO5”) Game format. See “Knockout Tournament Semifinal and Final Rounds” Section below for more details. 6. The initial bracket for the Knock-out Tournament (the “Initial Bracket”) will be structured as follows: a. Minimum Registration: If fewer than sixty-four (64) Registrations are timely and completely received, the Initial Bracket will be comprised of up to sixteen (16) Teams. b. Expanded Registration Options: i. If more than sixty-four (64) but less than ninety-six (96) Registrations are timely and completely received, the Initial Bracket will be comprised of up to thirty-two (32) Teams. ii. If more than ninety-six (96) Registrations are received, the Initial Bracket will be comprised of up to sixty-four (64) Teams. No more than two hundred and fifty-five (255) Registrations will be accepted. The total number of Teams registered and corresponding size of the Initial Bracket will not increase the number of Semifinalist Teams, Finalist Teams or prizes. 7. For Tournament information and announcements, visit https://www.leaguegaming.com/capsgaming (the “Tournament Page”). PRIVACY 8. Tournament is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, NHL Entities (defined below), Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), or EA Sports, a division of Electronic Arts, Inc. (“EA Sports”). You are providing information to Administrator and not to Microsoft or EA Sports. The information you provide will only be used for administration of the Tournament and as otherwise set forth in these Official Rules. Any questions that you have about this Tournament must be directed to Administrator and not to the NHL Entities, Microsoft or EA Sports. 9. LeagueGaming collects the information necessary for it and Caps Gaming to operate the Tournament at the time a Team Member registers his/her LeagueGaming Account (below) and Gaming Account (below) and information collected from each Team Member will be shared with Caps Gaming. Without limiting Caps Gaming’s and LeagueGaming’s rights under their respective Privacy Policies (below), Caps Gaming and LeagueGaming may use such information to contact a Team Member for matters and events related to the operation of this Tournament. 10. Team Members in the US Region agree that Caps Gaming, LeagueGaming and their respective agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives or service providers may use Team Members’ personal information submitted with entry or registration for purposes of future marketing by Caps Gaming and/or LeagueGaming, such as to notify them of a product or promotion that Caps Gaming and/or LeagueGaming think may be of interest. Please refer to LeagueGaming’s and Caps Gaming’s Privacy Policies at the websites referenced below for information about the choices that may be available to you to opt out of such promotional communications. 11. Privacy Policies: By participating in this Tournament, you agree to the terms of the following privacy policies below, which may be updated from time to time: c. Caps Gaming: Visit https://www.nhl.com/capitals/team/privacy-policy to review Caps Gaming’s current privacy policy (the “Caps Gaming Privacy Policy”); and d. LeagueGaming: Visit https://www.leaguegaming.com/forums/index.php?leaguegaming/league&action= league&page=information&tab=terms_of_service to review LeagueGaming’s current privacy policy (the “LeagueGaming Privacy Policy”). ELIGIBILITY 12. To be eligible, each Team Member and Substitute Member, if any, must satisfy each of the following eligibility requirements: a. He/she must be at least eighteen (18) years old or older and a legal resident of a Region in the Tournament Area. If Team Member legally resides in one (1) Region but is physically located in another Region, he or she must play in the Region in which he or she is physically located. Team Members who do not legally reside within a Region in the Tournament Area are not eligible to participate regardless of their physical location. b. He/she must not be an employee, officer, director, agent or representative of any of the Excluded Entities (below), or a member of the immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling or in-law) or household member of any such persons. The term "household" includes all persons residing together in a single residence, whether or not related. 13. For eligibility purposes above, the term “Excluded Entities” means: a. Caps Gaming, b. LeagueGaming, c. Lincoln Holdings LLC d/b/a Monumental Sports & Entertainment (“MSE”); d. Lincoln Hockey LLC d/b/a Washington Capitals® (“Capitals”); e. Washington Sports & Entertainment LP (“WSE”); f. Monumental Network LLP (“Monumental Network”); g. DC Arena LP (“DC Arena”); h. Capital One Arena (“Capital One Arena”); i. National Hockey League (“NHL”); j. Any prize provider(s); and k. Any other entity directly involved in the development or administration of the Tournament. 14. Note: So long as a Team Member or